LIFE INSURANCE

Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has relaxed its policy on sending life insurance applications electronically....

Financial planning

Commissions paid on life insurance products will inevitably move to level com-missions, according to a visiting financial planning expert....

Financial planning

Mercantile Mutual’s investment and life insurance businesses recorded strong growth in the 1999 year, offsetting losses in its parent company’s general insurance and bank...

Financial planning

Exhibitors at Solutions 2000...

Life/Risk

Associated Planners has come up with what it believes is the first wrap account style system for life insurance products....

Financial planning

Associated Planners has come up with what it believes is the first wrap account style system for life insurance products....

Financial planning

Colonial’s rapid integration with its acquired businesses is paying off in bottom line results, with the group reporting a 49 per cent jump in net profit to $455 million ...

Financial planning

Ray Greenshield’s departure from the top job at AMP Financial Services has forced the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) to reshuffle its board....

Financial planning

National Australia Financial Management (NAFM) has reported a 34 per cent increase in sales to $500 million for the December quarter....

Financial planning

The Principal Financial Group, owner of BT Funds Management, and ING, parent company to Mercantile Mutual have formed a joint venture in Japan to take advantage of a burg...

Financial planning

Professional Investment Services (PIS) is quickly establishing itself as the dealer group to watch in the coming year with two corporate plays in the past fortnight pushi...

Financial planning

Professional Investment Services (PIS) has continued its meteoric rise in financial planning circles with the acquisition of Australia’s biggest life brokerage IFMA...

Financial planning

Life insurance companies are going to have to work a lot harder in future if they want to win business from financial advisers....

Financial planning

National Mutual has indicated it will continue to expand rapidly in Asia, following its acquisition of a controlling interest in the Japan-based life company Nippon Danta...

Financial planning

Until today, there has been no in-depth research published on the state of play in the financial business. Money Management commissioned KPI Research to inves-tigate Aust...

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